The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

Lionel Chetwynds film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton between 1964 and 1975 Williamson Michael Moriarty leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp He assumes command after Cathcart Lawrence Pressman is dragged off to be tortured